6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Muscle (1989)
Muscle (1989)
Overview
Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.0
Overview
Ryuzaki, an editor of Muscle Magazine, which features photographs of men with sculpted bodies, becomes involved with a man named Kitami; their affair soon becomes dominated by sadomasochistic games, with a horrid result. Jump ahead one year, Ryuzaki is released from jail and goes in search of Kitami, perhaps to make amends.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores themes of sexual transgression and psychological extremes, focusing on power dynamics and taboo subjects. It does not explicitly promote or critique specific political ideologies, instead delving into human behavior outside conventional political discourse.
The film features traditional casting for its cultural context. Its narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Muscle (1989) is an original production that does not draw characters from pre-existing source material with established racial identities. Consequently, no race swaps are present within the film.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
5.7
Critic Ratings
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